Friday, February 09, 2007

I had a new year’s resolution at the beginning of the year. I resolved that I wasn’t going to let my ingrown fear of not being perfect enough or doing things perfectly get in my way this year. It was supposed to help me be less perfectionistic and more easy-going, more relaxed in my expectations of myself. Well, I did it again yesterday.

I made a simple, avoidable mistake that cost some money. It happened because I didn’t double check and worked from my memory (which was not entirely correct). When I found out (almost immediately) I berated myself for most of the afternoon. There went my new year’s resolution flying out the window.

In retrospect, the mistake is not really that bad; it’s just a flaw in the scope of plans, but it still grates, nonetheless. Oh well, looks like I’ll have to try harder at not being too hard on myself. (Boy, that is one convoluted sentence!)